Run_Hike_Meat_Repeat
Thru Hiker
Now most know that I've had and got so many different Alpha garments that Greenpeace are protesting outside my house over the number of micro-plastics that potentially are escaping from my washing machine each Year. (joking not-joking, I'll be investing in a filter that catches them before entering the drain)
I've recently been hammering my Alpaca hoody from Appalachian Gear Company.
I've got to say... I'm impressed.
It's airy and yet still comfortable when worn alone in a breeze.
It's warm, but not uncomfortable when it's mild with no breeze.
It's warm and bordering too warm when it's beyond mild (around 9-12c)
It's stretchy, so far resilient (early days, but others have attested to its surprising durability)
I wore it yesterday with a lightweight-ish pack.
It was warm, yet had to keep the shells on for 95% of the day. So with a goretex jacket, synced at waist, a wet pack, plenty of salty Ascending, traversing descending, rinse repeat, add in mostly boot sucking bog or knee high weather. Add being far from hill fit... And it's safe to say, I sweated some.
I changed out of the shell for the final hour and didn't feel half as much moisture as I expected. (especially considering the jacket isn't a new one.) threw on a wind shell, and hiked on happily. Not once giving any thought of concern over moisture.
Back at the car... I did what I needed to do, took the windy off, felt around the hoody back, forearms, chest and pits..... I wasn't bone dry, but closer to dry than damp. just comfy, neither warm nor cold damp-in parts. My skin was dry... Just like I'd been wearing my Nitro or equivalent Alpha.
Stink wise... Very mild oooodoooor (supposed to sound posh) but they say, they have their own odor until they've been worn and washed a few times.
So..... Will this push my Nitro out in the future... Nah.... But it will be a choice that might edge it in the future...
YRMV
Very impressed.
End note... I bought a large and will probably buy medium in the 80/20 (I've got the 80/20 hat and..... It's nice)
That's if I buy one. I rate my Nitro highly for summer wear, and reckon the All-Paca will be too warm and require removing, whereas I know I can wear the Nitro from dawn to dusk. We'll see.
Bit why size down? It's VERY stretchy, and from. What I've learned post - purchase... They grow more than shrink over time. As it is... It's a nice loose but not daft loose fit. I like it.... ALOT
YMMV #staysalty
I've recently been hammering my Alpaca hoody from Appalachian Gear Company.
I've got to say... I'm impressed.
It's airy and yet still comfortable when worn alone in a breeze.
It's warm, but not uncomfortable when it's mild with no breeze.
It's warm and bordering too warm when it's beyond mild (around 9-12c)
It's stretchy, so far resilient (early days, but others have attested to its surprising durability)
I wore it yesterday with a lightweight-ish pack.
It was warm, yet had to keep the shells on for 95% of the day. So with a goretex jacket, synced at waist, a wet pack, plenty of salty Ascending, traversing descending, rinse repeat, add in mostly boot sucking bog or knee high weather. Add being far from hill fit... And it's safe to say, I sweated some.
I changed out of the shell for the final hour and didn't feel half as much moisture as I expected. (especially considering the jacket isn't a new one.) threw on a wind shell, and hiked on happily. Not once giving any thought of concern over moisture.
Back at the car... I did what I needed to do, took the windy off, felt around the hoody back, forearms, chest and pits..... I wasn't bone dry, but closer to dry than damp. just comfy, neither warm nor cold damp-in parts. My skin was dry... Just like I'd been wearing my Nitro or equivalent Alpha.
Stink wise... Very mild oooodoooor (supposed to sound posh) but they say, they have their own odor until they've been worn and washed a few times.
So..... Will this push my Nitro out in the future... Nah.... But it will be a choice that might edge it in the future...
YRMV
Very impressed.
End note... I bought a large and will probably buy medium in the 80/20 (I've got the 80/20 hat and..... It's nice)
That's if I buy one. I rate my Nitro highly for summer wear, and reckon the All-Paca will be too warm and require removing, whereas I know I can wear the Nitro from dawn to dusk. We'll see.
Bit why size down? It's VERY stretchy, and from. What I've learned post - purchase... They grow more than shrink over time. As it is... It's a nice loose but not daft loose fit. I like it.... ALOT
YMMV #staysalty
